BLESSES Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

blesses

verb

present tense third-person singular of bless

as in consecrates

to make holy through prayers or ritual the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites

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as in celebrates

to proclaim the glory of bless the name of God

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as in gifts

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute blessed with a knack for glib conversation

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Recent Examples of blesses Bonuses for deal registration that brings new pipeline rather than blesses existing opportunities. — Jason Atkins, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 When Mother Nature blesses the area with heavy snow, tee up for a day of skiing at nearby Windham and Hunter mountains, post up with s’mores in front of the fire pits on the property, or unwind in its Finnish-style sauna. — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026 Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer blesses your 11th house of friends, community and long-term hopes, making collaboration warmer and all the more promising. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 At a monastery in the Himalayan foothills, a teenage Buddhist lama blesses thousands. — CBS News, 28 May 2026 This is because God, our divine Father-Mother, Love, is ever present and blesses Her creation with truth and love perpetually and universally. — Abigail Mathieson Warrick, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2026 Comfort spreads as the fertile Moon blesses your home zone and sextiles therapeutic Chiron in your 6th House of Sustainability. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2026 Even though Saturn will test this relationship or agreement over the coming years, Venus’ trine to Jupiter on February 22 blesses the professional endeavors that are beginning around this time. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026 Honest words land softly as this Moon-Chiron trine blesses your 3rd House of Local Life, especially with Luna steadying your overall tone. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026

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In the reading, 1 Kings Chapter 9, God warns King Solomon against turning away from him as Solomon consecrates the temple in Jerusalem.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 18 May 2026

Definition of consecrates

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Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero celebrates a two-run home run against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Fresh bread, pastries, and cakes are baked daily and served alongside fruit, a huge variety of cheeses, hummus, salmon, and egg dishes, and—a given at a hotel that celebrates traditional Madrid life— churros.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of celebrates

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The family asked for donations to be made to the singer's Imagination Library, a children's literacy program that gifts free books to kids from birth to age 5, in lieu of flowers.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
The account owner or any contributor then gifts after-tax dollars to the account.

— Christine Fletcher, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of gifts

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Tyler dedicates this dance to his mom, who died suddenly of a brain aneurysm in 2020, but also to moms everywhere.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Pennsylvania, which lags behind almost every other state in funding legal defense for poor people, known as indigent defense, dedicates no money for post-trial work.

— Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of dedicates

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Special envoy Steve Witkoff praises President Vladimir Putin after Russia frees a retired American teacher.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Levine praises a call from Israel’s president Levine was recovering Sunday from injuries that included what appeared to be stab wounds in her buttocks, which required stitches.

— Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of praises

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This extreme foregrounding of character in terms of action endows the cast with a retrospective air of typecasting, in a positive sense—the actors seem made for their parts, coalescing with their characters temperamentally.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
The catharsis of moments like this—and the unpredictability with which they’re deployed—endows Oen Sujet’s music with delight worth chasing, but the climb doesn’t always feel equal to the drop.

— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

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